Somebody Get Roger Ailes A History Book

As part of Fox News' plan to hire the clearly deranged Glenn Beck, Fox News boss and former Republican operative Roger Ailes compared the network to the Alamo in its stand vs. President Obama. Let's leave aside the notion of a television network designing itself in opposition to the president with the slogan "Fair and Balanced" for now, and let's go to the tape on The Alamo.

Almost everyone at the Alamo died at the hands of Mexican soldiers. Should we tell Steve Doocy goodbye?

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While it is undoubtedly bad form to speak ill of the dead, it is worth noting that Roger Ailes's singular contribution to humanity was building the most vile, powerful, and malicious news media company to have ever existed. That of course means little to his protégé, Sean Hannity.

On the face of it, President Obama and Fox News head honcho Roger Ailes have very little in common. But a quote from a 2012 biography of Ailes is proving to be rather interesting given the mogul's advice to Obama on Syria.

Ailes may be lashing out against the accusations and fighting back by means of a coordinated effort among Fox News's hosts and reporters to discredit Sherman and his work, but really, why? Why bother? Sherman's book is going to have absolutely zero impact on Fox News's viewership or bottom line and Ailes has proven throughout his lengthy career that he doesn't care one bit what tenets of respectable journalism he violates or what his enemies think of him.